Biotechnology
Transcenta Closes $105 Million in Crossover Financing
HONG KONG and SUZHOU, China, and HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta"), a global biotherapeutics company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announces today the complet...
RedHill's Phase 2/3 COVID-19 Study of Opaganib Passes Second DSMB with Unanimous Recommendation to Continue
Independent DSMB unanimously recommends continuation of the global Phase 2/3 study of orally-administered opaganib in severe COVID-19 based on review of unblinded safety data from 155 treated patients Top-line data from the 270-patient global Phase 2/3 COVID-19 study expected Q1/2021 Top-line d...
Origin Agritech Comments on Recent Regulatory Developments in China and Updates Shareholders on its Pipeline of Traits
BEIJING, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), an agriculture technology company, today is updating shareholders on recent developments out ofChina regarding the path to GMO commercialization in the country and also on the status of the app...
Ascentage Pharma's Licensee UNITY Biotechnology Announces Milestone Reached in Clinical Development of Treatments for Age-Related Disease, Leading to Milestone Payment
SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a globally focused, clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announced that its licensee, UNITY Bi...
Alterity and UniQuest partner to reverse bacterial resistance to antibiotics
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Alterity Therapeutics (ASX: ATH, NASDAQ: ATHE) ("Alterity" or "the Company") has today announced it has been granted a licence by UniQuest, the commercialisation company of The University of Queensland (UQ), to novel zinc ionophore technology to ...
Pierre Fabre Selects AGC Biologics as CDMO to manufacture the orphan drug ER-004
SEATTLE, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AGC Biologics, a leading global Biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), announced its partnership with Laboratoire Pierre Fabre to manufacture ER-004 – an intra-amniotic drug that will pioneer the treatment of a rare and...
Pierre Fabre Selects AGC Biologics as CDMO to manufacture the orphan drug ER-004
SEATTLE, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AGC Biologics, a leading global Biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), announced its partnership with Laboratoire Pierre Fabre to manufacture ER-004 – an intra-amniotic drug that will pioneer the treatment of a rare and...
LT1001 (Naldebain(R)), an Extended-Release Analgesic Injection, Received Its Second Approval from Singapore's HSA
TAIPEI, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumosa Therapeutics is pleased to announce the market approval of LT1001 (Naldebain®), an extended-release analgesic injection, fromSingapore's Health Science Agency (HSA). HSA is regarded as one of the regulatory reference countries in the world. The approv...
WuXi Biologics to Acquire Drug Substance Facility in Wuppertal, Germany from Bayer
* The DS facility (MFG19) with 3x1000L perfusion and 6x2000L fed-batch capacity for vaccines and biologics is expected to be GMP ready in late 2021 * Complements WuXi Biologics' existing DP capacity in Germany * Capacity expansion allows WuXi Biologics to meet growing client demand worldwide...
Longevity Acquisition Corporation Announces 4D pharma Joining Landmark Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative
NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Longevity Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: LOAC) (the "Company"), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, announced today that onDecember 18, 2020, 4D pharma plc (AIM: DDDD) ("4D pharma"), a pharmaceutical company leading the development of L...
Thermo Scientific Tundra Cryo-TEM Democratizes Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Extends to Users of Any Experience Level
New instrument overcomes cryo-EM barriers, implements artificial intelligence to deliver unparalleled ease-of-use at an affordable price HILLSBORO, Ore., Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific Tundra ...
Teijin Pharma and TransThera Biosciences Form Strategic R&D Collaboration
TOKYO and NANJING, China, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Teijin Pharma Limited
Occlutech's Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) Receives U.S. FDA Breakthrough Device Designation
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Occlutech, a privately-held company, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company a Breakthrough Device designation for its first-in-class, implantable Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) for Pulmonary Art...
Research on preventative nasal spray, which protects against COVID-19 and common cold, published in leading peer-reviewed academic journals
* Research on preventative COVID-19 nasal spray published in prestigious, peer-reviewed academic journals: EBioMedicine and the European Respiratory Journal * Novel therapy developed by Australian biotech company, Ena Respiratory, shown in animal study to reduce COVID-19 virus levels in the n...
Tessa Therapeutics Appoints David McIntyre as Chief Financial Officer
BEDMINSTER, N.J. and SINGAPORE, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Tessa Therapeutics (Tessa), a clinical-stage cell therapy company developing next-generation cancer treatments, today announced the appointment ofDavid McIntyre as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McIntyre brings over 25 years of glo...
Open Care announces Immubio platform based on nanoparticle science, currently developing potential break-through COVID-19 immunisation
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Care (https://open.care
Seegene donates 20,000 COVID-19 tests to Ecuador
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Seegene Inc. (KQ096530), a South Korean biotechnology company specializing in molecular diagnostics says it has donated 20,000 COVID-19 tests (Allplex™ SARS-CoV-2 Assay) to Ecuadorian government to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic together. The So...
Samsung Biologics Names John Rim as President and CEO
INCHEON, South Korea, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung Biologics (KRX:
207940.KS) announcedJohn Rim as its President and CEO. The appointment was made
effective immediately and formalized via the company's board of directors
meeting today.
Chipscreen and HISUN reach a strategic cooperation
SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 16, 2020, SHENZHEN CHIPSCREEN BIOSCIENCES CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as: CHIPSCREEN BIOSCIENCES) andZHEJIANG HISUN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as: HISUN PHARMACEUTICAL) announced that they have reached a s...
Lipidor signs cooperation agreement with contract manufacturer to offer licensees the opportunity for GMP production
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Lipidor AB (Nasdaq First North: LIPI) announced today that the Company has signed a new cooperation agreement with Aurena Laboratories AB. Over a five-year period, Lipidor will invest up toSEK 15 million in the new collaboration. Under the agreement, Auren...
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